After about 15 minutes of listening to Breakfast this morning I was so fed up of Chris Warburton reading out the text number and asking for people to text in their thoughts that I ended up switching over to Radio 4. Is Chris even aware that he's reading out the text number for what is the umpteenth time? At one stage he was asking for texts after every news item he was reading. I felt like texting him to ask him to stop reading out the text number and asking for people to text in!

Agreed. And the Drive programme is much the same. Cheap, nasty radio where you get your audience to do the work for you. Mr Warburton has increased in confidence since his early days on Five Live to the point where he is becoming smarmy and insufferable.

Agreed. And the Drive programme is much the same. Cheap, nasty radio where you get your audience to do the work for you. Mr Warburton has increased in confidence since his early days on Five Live to the point where he is becoming smarmy and insufferable.

Chris used to be one of my favourite presenters but your summing up of him is pretty much what I posted a few weeks ago.

Wake Up To Money has also become infected with the "text us" bug. From the minute the programme starts the presenters are asking people to text in, often about subjects that have little to do with finance. The programme was extended from half an hour to 45 minutes a few years ago partly to cover finance in greater depth (though it was also to save money by cutting the cost of paying BBC News staff to host Morning Reports for half an hour by reducing the programme to 15 minutes) but now those 15 minutes are taken up with more text nonsense.

Agreed. And the Drive programme is much the same. Cheap, nasty radio where you get your audience to do the work for you. Mr Warburton has increased in confidence since his early days on Five Live to the point where he is becoming smarmy and insufferable.

Chris used to be one of my favourite presenters but your summing up of him is pretty much what I posted a few weeks ago.

Wake Up To Money has also become infected with the "text us" bug. From the minute the programme starts the presenters are asking people to text in, often about subjects that have little to do with finance. The programme was extended from half an hour to 45 minutes a few years ago partly to cover finance in greater depth (though it was also to save money by cutting the cost of paying BBC News staff to host Morning Reports for half an hour by reducing the programme to 15 minutes) but now those 15 minutes are taken up with more text nonsense.

I doubt if it was ever extended to cover finance in greater depth - just to cut 15 minutes off the news. The only surprise is that Morning Reports wasn't scrapped completely like all the other news segments have been over the years.

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Nihal was quite appalling this afternoon , shouted down anyone who was struggling to understand about Trans people .Sarah Brett then tried to take the middle road, but Nihal was off on one of his rants !

Not sure who thought it was a good idea getting Colin Murray to present their coverage of NI's game tonight - he spent the whole build up pretty much masterbating over how wonderful and noisy Northern Ireland fans are.

Not sure who thought it was a good idea getting Colin Murray to present their coverage of NI's game tonight - he spent the whole build up pretty much masterbating over how wonderful and noisy Northern Ireland fans are.

Murray was the wrong choice for this game, his performance after the final whistle was a complete disgrace-

on a slightly different matter why does the BBC INSIST on re employing presenters that couldn't wait to leave the corporation first time round-both he and Bacon are names that spring to mind

Can someone tell me who the extremely annoying woman is on the Danny Baker show, I have just started listening again and Lindsay Hipgrave was his assistant the last time I tuned in but I cant find out who this impostor is.

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Nihal was quite appalling this afternoon , shouted down anyone who was struggling to understand about Trans people .Sarah Brett then tried to take the middle road, but Nihal was off on one of his rants !

5 Live (and the afternoon show especially) has become almost like a parody of left-leaning, liberal broadcasting in recent years. It seems like every interview is used as a vehicle for minority interests - ethnic minority guests on the afternoon show will be asked to expound on how they've been subjected to racism, every female guest will be probed for gender equality material, any guest with a left-leaning political perspective - most of them, of course - will be encouraged to use the station as a platform for their views. Robert Lindsay last week, Rebecca Front today (although I will say that to her credit, she wouldn't go there). They've had a field day with sexual harrassment over the last few weeks of course, like a dog with a bone.

Listened to the film review show a couple of weeks ago when Sanjeev Bhaskar and a female contributor were sitting in for Kermode and Mayo - and every single film they reviewed - seriously - was reviewed on the basis of its contribution to political correctness, whether ethnic minority interest, gender equality, anti-gentrification or disabled rights.

A few days ago Nihal interrupted a guest to have a quick dig at Brexit, in a conversation that had nothing to do with it.

The one time I can recall a guest with a right-leaning perspective being interviewed - this was in early 2016 as I recall - as soon as he'd made his point about the EU referendum, there was nervous laughter from Sarah and "I think we'd better move on!"

As someone who doesn't share this relentless liberal PC worldview I despair that I have to fund it being spoonfed to the BBC's listeners.

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Nihal was quite appalling this afternoon , shouted down anyone who was struggling to understand about Trans people .Sarah Brett then tried to take the middle road, but Nihal was off on one of his rants !

5 Live (and the afternoon show especially) has become almost like a parody of left-leaning, liberal broadcasting in recent years. It seems like every interview is used as a vehicle for minority interests - ethnic minority guests on the afternoon show will be asked to expound on how they've been subjected to racism, every female guest will be probed for gender equality material, any guest with a left-leaning political perspective - most of them, of course - will be encouraged to use the station as a platform for their views. Robert Lindsay last week, Rebecca Front today (although I will say that to her credit, she wouldn't go there). They've had a field day with sexual harrassment over the last few weeks of course, like a dog with a bone.

Listened to the film review show a couple of weeks ago when Sanjeev Bhaskar and a female contributor were sitting in for Kermode and Mayo - and every single film they reviewed - seriously - was reviewed on the basis of its contribution to political correctness, whether ethnic minority interest, gender equality, anti-gentrification or disabled rights.

A few days ago Nihal interrupted a guest to have a quick dig at Brexit, in a conversation that had nothing to do with it.

The one time I can recall a guest with a right-leaning perspective being interviewed - this was in early 2016 as I recall - as soon as he'd made his point about the EU referendum, there was nervous laughter from Sarah and "I think we'd better move on!"

As someone who doesn't share this relentless liberal PC worldview I despair that I have to fund it being spoonfed to the BBC's listeners.

The only surprise is that Morning Reports wasn't scrapped completely like all the other news segments have been over the years.

I know we're supposed to "consume our news" differently these days, but I used to enjoy the longer news bulletins. and especially the half-hour sports bulletin on a Saturday night.

Those were the days, back when 5 Live used to have an assortment of hour long news, sport and current affairs programmes on a weekend evening plus programmes like Morning Reports at 45 minutes in length (5am to 5.45am) on weekdays plus News Extra at 7pm and 11pm plus a 2 hour midday news programme presented by Eddie Mair.

I'm sure there are many people who prefer the more magazine style station 5 Live has become but to me it is somewhat directionless. I know it is as much about saving money by reducing all the specialist and news programmes but the station could really do with an overhaul. The problem is that having located to Salford the station is going to struggle to attract top presenters who are based in the south. Eventually the station will just be full of second and third rate presenters who have little personality but who are cheaper to hire.

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Nihal was quite appalling this afternoon , shouted down anyone who was struggling to understand about Trans people .Sarah Brett then tried to take the middle road, but Nihal was off on one of his rants !

5 Live (and the afternoon show especially) has become almost like a parody of left-leaning, liberal broadcasting in recent years. It seems like every interview is used as a vehicle for minority interests - ethnic minority guests on the afternoon show will be asked to expound on how they've been subjected to racism, every female guest will be probed for gender equality material, any guest with a left-leaning political perspective - most of them, of course - will be encouraged to use the station as a platform for their views. Robert Lindsay last week, Rebecca Front today (although I will say that to her credit, she wouldn't go there). They've had a field day with sexual harrassment over the last few weeks of course, like a dog with a bone.

Listened to the film review show a couple of weeks ago when Sanjeev Bhaskar and a female contributor were sitting in for Kermode and Mayo - and every single film they reviewed - seriously - was reviewed on the basis of its contribution to political correctness, whether ethnic minority interest, gender equality, anti-gentrification or disabled rights.

A few days ago Nihal interrupted a guest to have a quick dig at Brexit, in a conversation that had nothing to do with it.

The one time I can recall a guest with a right-leaning perspective being interviewed - this was in early 2016 as I recall - as soon as he'd made his point about the EU referendum, there was nervous laughter from Sarah and "I think we'd better move on!"

As someone who doesn't share this relentless liberal PC worldview I despair that I have to fund it being spoonfed to the BBC's listeners.

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I am usually working mornings (except Wednesday) but today they had a phone in on how people react when others commit suicide on the train lines.

It was pretty much everyone should think about the person killing themselves and what they had gone through whilst anyone who complained about the delays caused by suicide incidents was just selfish and uncaring...

Just put fivelive on for the beginning of the afternoon show. What I got was 5 minutes or so of the presenter boasting about his knowledge of some sort of youth slang and downplaying his colleagues by saying they would not know it. Then the highlight was going to be a trans activist who specialises in nails. This would give hospital radio a bad name.

Nihal was quite appalling this afternoon , shouted down anyone who was struggling to understand about Trans people .Sarah Brett then tried to take the middle road, but Nihal was off on one of his rants !

5 Live (and the afternoon show especially) has become almost like a parody of left-leaning, liberal broadcasting in recent years. It seems like every interview is used as a vehicle for minority interests - ethnic minority guests on the afternoon show will be asked to expound on how they've been subjected to racism, every female guest will be probed for gender equality material, any guest with a left-leaning political perspective - most of them, of course - will be encouraged to use the station as a platform for their views. Robert Lindsay last week, Rebecca Front today (although I will say that to her credit, she wouldn't go there). They've had a field day with sexual harrassment over the last few weeks of course, like a dog with a bone.

Listened to the film review show a couple of weeks ago when Sanjeev Bhaskar and a female contributor were sitting in for Kermode and Mayo - and every single film they reviewed - seriously - was reviewed on the basis of its contribution to political correctness, whether ethnic minority interest, gender equality, anti-gentrification or disabled rights.

A few days ago Nihal interrupted a guest to have a quick dig at Brexit, in a conversation that had nothing to do with it.

The one time I can recall a guest with a right-leaning perspective being interviewed - this was in early 2016 as I recall - as soon as he'd made his point about the EU referendum, there was nervous laughter from Sarah and "I think we'd better move on!"

As someone who doesn't share this relentless liberal PC worldview I despair that I have to fund it being spoonfed to the BBC's listeners.

BRILLIANT POST-nothing else to add

I am usually working mornings (except Wednesday) but today they had a phone in on how people react when others commit suicide on the train lines.

It was pretty much everyone should think about the person killing themselves and what they had gone through whilst anyone who complained about the delays caused by suicide incidents was just selfish and uncaring...

Is that the sort of example of how the BBC approach things?

Seems a reasonable response on how any decent human being should respond. I assume those complaining would be happy for any loved ones involved in suicide or an accident, for their bodies to be tossed aside with no investigation to get the track open again

Mark has a point. The BBC, being impartial, should not endorse either point of view. Mental health discussions are always favourable to the mental health lobby, and there are so many mental health segments on 5 Live.